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Is This the Moment to Renew Global Governance? Prospects for the UN Summit of the Future

Wed. February 28th, 2024
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This September, the United Nations will convene a Summit of the Future, designed to address the crisis of multilateralism by modernizing outdated institutions of global governance. Member states will be asked to endorse a Pact for the Future, a blueprint for international cooperation in the twenty-first century. The inital draft, released in late January 2024, proposes overhauling existing institutions—including those governing international peace and security, global finance and development, and new digital technologies—as well as measures to safeguard the rights of youth and future generations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called the summit “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reinvigorate global action, recommit to fundamental principles, and further develop the frameworks of multilateralism so they are fit for the future.”

What will be at stake when member states convene in September, and what is the likelihood that they can overcome the daunting divisions between East and West, North and South? Please join Carnegie for a timely conversation about the purpose of and prospects for global governance renewal at the UN Summit of the Future.

Stewart Patrick, director of the Carnegie Endowment’s Global Order and Institutions Program, will moderate a conversation with Guy Ryder, UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy, Jake Sherman, Minister Counselor, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and Minh-Thu Pham, Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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Stewart Patrick

Senior Fellow and Director, Global Order and Institutions Program

Stewart Patrick is a senior fellow and director of the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His primary areas of research focus are the shifting foundations of world order, the future of American internationalism, and the requirements for effective multilateral cooperation on transnational challenges.

Guy Ryder

Guy Ryder is the Under-Secretary-General for Policy in United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Executive Office

Jake Sherman

Jake Sherman is the Minister Counselor for UN Management and Reform, U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Minh-Thu Pham

Nonresident Scholar, Global Order and Institutions Program

Minh-Thu Pham is a nonresident scholar in the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.